To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can't put a dollar sign on.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England.

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy

All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.

Compassion is the basis of morality.

The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.